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[–]LadyMiseryAli 375 points376 points ago

Death Mountain?

[–][deleted] 96 points97 points ago

I know a dodongo who is pissed.

[–]LadyMiseryAli 38 points39 points ago

Of course. Dodongo dislikes smoke!

[–]jonosvision 37 points38 points ago

Quick! We need eyedrops! Stupid special ones that are going to expire in about 13 seconds!

[–]GearsOfZelda 10 points11 points ago

Don't warp! You have to use epona!

[–]djmagichat 6 points7 points ago

You goron! Don't be stupid...

[–]dangcassettetapes 3 points4 points ago

these references are a little Volvagia.

[–]Atomica3000 1 point2 points ago

.... something something Bolero of fire.

[–]bananafish707 0 points1 point ago

I can't wait to bomb some dodongos.

[–]Volatilis 13 points14 points ago

They're called Altocumulus Lenticularis.

[–]PotatoesAreUs 48 points49 points ago

Thank you, I came here looking for this comment.

[–]Dolanmite-the-Great 3 points4 points ago

I came here looking for the comment which is looking for the comment that I thought about. It's not often I find one. My life is full of little disappointments like that - I learn to deal with it. But when I find one, believe me... But let me put this in terms that might be better understood. It's like if you walked into a restaurant that you damn-well know serves pepsi, but fuck it. You want a goddamned coke. You ask for that coke. You expect the waitress to say "Sorry, we only have pepsi."

But she doesn't. Instead she just responds "Ok." You play it off, not daring to let your hopes get the better of you. You think, "They don't have coke. She was just going to ask me if I wanted a pepsi, and knowing I would cave and go for the pepsi instead, just didn't bother asking. She just didn't want to play games of courtesy that would end up the same." You go back to perusing the menu, deciding what entree would go best with your next-to-best soft-drink.

Five minutes later, as you're starting to settle on some chicken ravioli, the waitress comes back. She has your soda. You take a drink assuming it will be pepsi, but what rushes into your mouth but the more satisfying taste of coke. THAT is what victory (and having an awesome waitress) tastes like.

Note To make this post more easily relatable, replace pepsi and coke with coke and pepsi to your taste. Or Fanta vs. Slice or 7up vs sprite vs that other lime soda I can't remember or mug root beer vs barqs vs A&W or...

[–]joshak 5 points6 points ago

Goron mountain.

[–]aradicalpanda 10 points11 points ago

There's a motivational poster thingy with this same picture describing it as Death Mountain. It's out there... somewhere.

[–]Paul_Langton 5 points6 points ago

Over the rainbow

[–]therndoby 4 points5 points ago

way up high

[–]Dickran1463 9 points10 points ago

...I don't remember the next line.

[–]therndoby 6 points7 points ago

Once in a lullaby

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[–]Willoowz 1 point2 points ago

It said that it would take a while for the ice to thaw. That's why you don't see the Zoras until the end!

[–]Kaffei4Lunch 3 points4 points ago

I immediately though the same thing

[–]Sneakysteve 1 point2 points ago

Literally first thing I thought, "Death Mountain better be the top comment" when I saw this photo.

[–]BioSim00 1 point2 points ago

It is at peace.

[–]afsdjkll 2 points3 points ago

The last metroid is in captivity? WTF are you saying? haha

[–]Parthros 1 point2 points ago

Haha, that's what I came here to say!

[–]4nimal 0 points1 point ago

That cloud over death mountain looks rather strange...

[–]Pandabamse 0 points1 point ago

Hey listen!

[–]puttsfatty 71 points72 points ago

Looks like mount rainier in washington.

[–]Noxrazi 14 points15 points ago

Yeah, I thought it was Mount Rainier too, probably because it is (photographer's page).

[–]paperbanjo 6 points7 points ago

I thought this, too.. good to know being born and raised in Washington State wasn't for naught! I KNOW SOMETHING!

[–]Schnoor 18 points19 points ago

Washington fist bump

[–]therndoby 3 points4 points ago

Am i invited to this fist bump party?

[–]Schnoor 2 points3 points ago

All Washintonians are welcome

[–]nosprings123 1 point2 points ago

Bump from former Washingtonian. Now a Coloradoan. They say the mountains out here in Colorado are taller but Rainier from sea level to 14,411. Way more impressive. Used to be the highlight of my day commuting across 520 and seeing that mountain while the sun was rising. On a clear day of course.

[–]macevil23 1 point2 points ago

woo! Fist bump!

[–]AllWrong74 -2 points-1 points ago

I haven't seen Rainier, I'm in Portland. I see St. Helens every clear day, and it looks like that to me.

[–]paperbanjo 18 points19 points ago

There are some slight differences between the two.

Slight.

[–]JasonGD1982 6 points7 points ago

Yeah one has got a major portion of it's north side completely blown out. Edit extra word removed

[–]paperbanjo 1 point2 points ago

You don't say? xD

[–]fixx0red 10 points11 points ago

On very clear days you can see Rainier from Portland. Also, Russia.

[–]WildeNietzsche 1 point2 points ago

I'm also from Portland. I've seen Mt. St. Helens on these clear days you speak of. This is not Mt. St. Helens.

[–]upinflames 0 points1 point ago

Yep, I could tell it was mount Rainier right away! I've been living in California for a while but I used to wake up to that view every morning.

[–]alyssanne 0 points1 point ago

One of my favorite reasons to live here. :)

[–]blueskiesandaerosol 0 points1 point ago

Good call. It was posted in /r/Cascadia yesterday.

[–]SkySilver 63 points64 points ago

[–]wzdd 26 points27 points ago

I love the word "lenticular".

It means "shaped like a lentil".

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

[–]ZippyDan 7 points8 points ago

more like lenticular and lentil both mean shaped like a lens

[–]wzdd 7 points8 points ago

True, but "lens" comes from the Latin "lentil", which is the diminutive of latin "lens", which is the Latin for lentil. Because a lens is shaped like a lentil. This, too, sounds like a joke, but isn't.

[–]dacoobob 2 points3 points ago

Makes perfect sense, people were eating lentils long before lenses were invented.

[–]jimtracysmyhomeboy 5 points6 points ago

I noticed your username and thought it was funny that you should comment on this thread. The picture here is actually used as cover art for an album by a bluegrass band I enjoy, The Infamous Stringdusters, the name of the album is Silver Sky.

[–]Banko 4 points5 points ago

Indeed. Also, show some love for the http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

[–]GuyFleegman 6 points7 points ago

Altocumulus standing lenticular to be precise.

[–]corbrizzle 1 point2 points ago

Do not fly your small aircraft near there.

[–]StreetMailbox 0 points1 point ago

I KNOW THIS WORD BECAUSE OF REDDIT

[–]itswheresfluffy 13 points14 points ago

that cloud over death mountain...there is something strange about it...

[–]Wargall 10 points11 points ago

I WANT TO BELIEVE

[–]BernzSed 2 points3 points ago

[–]PavementBlues 9 points10 points ago

Ha! That's the photograph used on the cover of one of my favorite albums - Silver Sky by The Infamous Stringdusters.

Tears of the Earth is a great track from it if you like mellow, nostalgic bluegrass. It's a beautiful song. Fire is also a lot of fun.

[–]Perk_i 5 points6 points ago

Lenticular clouds over Mt. Rainier.

[–]usofunny 5 points6 points ago

[–]GSU_Stoner 1 point2 points ago

Saw the picture of the mountains and scrolled down until I found the first person who posted that picture lmao +1

[–]Roboticide 0 points1 point ago

I was thinking superweapon...

Alien superweapon?

[–]blackcactuswes 18 points19 points ago

[–]KnightxofxLight 6 points7 points ago

Double cloud all the way.

[–]jasperpaddles 0 points1 point ago

across the sky, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

[–]spunkbridge 4 points5 points ago

Don't worry, this will change back to normal once u finish the Fire Temple.

[–]jures 3 points4 points ago

Remember to play the Sun's Song, and you'll be fine.

[–]epsilis 2 points3 points ago

Those look like red blood cells.

[–]rjswanso 3 points4 points ago

Possibly Mt. Shasta. http://www.edisaurus.com/climb/pix/shasta/mt_shasta.jpg

Where people who live near the mountain claim that there are some extraterrestrial lifeforms living in the mountain top, and they are called Telos...not Gorons. http://www.diannerobbins.com/telos.html

[–]FUCK_YOU_REPOSTER 3 points4 points ago

[–]Stupid_smartguy 1 point2 points ago

Why did I have to scroll this far to find this meme?

[–]Dinersore 2 points3 points ago

[–]I_can_glitch_that 11 points12 points ago

[–]yaya8290 1 point2 points ago

This looks like the most beautiful album art

[–]cloud_watcher 1 point2 points ago

Nice. Where is that?

[–]stupidinternetname 7 points8 points ago

Mt Rainier in Washington State.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

quick! The portal to the Ark is opening!

[–]emoryyy 1 point2 points ago

MT. Pancakes.

[–]DragonNinja 1 point2 points ago

2 condoms. That is all I have to say.

[–]ghostrider4450 1 point2 points ago

Sweet Lenticular clouds.

[–]Maxatrillion1 1 point2 points ago

It's the Lemurians!

[–]westsideozzie 1 point2 points ago

Aliens.jpg

[–]thegatemaster 1 point2 points ago

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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

I'm pretty sure Volvagia has been revived by Gannondorf.

[–]Quadrochosis 1 point2 points ago

god dammit i came here to post the exact same comment.

[–]Dweide_Schrude 1 point2 points ago

Not this again. There's some crazy dude in the windmill who just plays the same song over and over. What's with that?

[–]Zubala62 1 point2 points ago

... Aliens...

[–]Rawbauer 1 point2 points ago

Upvote for Tahoma!

[–]HolyBallSackBatman 4 points5 points ago

You live in Hyrule? No way!

[–]rowdon 1 point2 points ago

Ocarina of time nostalgia

[–]boredlike 0 points1 point ago

That's a great picture.

[–]MadeFromMetal 0 points1 point ago

And this is when I crawl into the bomb shelter and wait.

[–]P3N18 0 points1 point ago

close encounters of the third kind anyone?

[–]dudix81 0 points1 point ago

Military testings?

[–]avioneta 0 points1 point ago

Scary fast winds - don't fly around there!

[–]dsk623 0 points1 point ago

is that Mt Hood in Oregon? looks like it

[–]Noxrazi 5 points6 points ago

It's Mt. Rainier in Washington. Photographer's Flickr.

[–]sparx483 0 points1 point ago

Smoke signals

[–]Snaggo 0 points1 point ago

all I can think about is disc golf!

[–]oreopanda46 0 points1 point ago

Cloud lava ????

[–]Commander_Aspergers 0 points1 point ago

The invasion has begun.

[–]raisintree 0 points1 point ago

Death Mountain? Go help the Gorons!

[–]kooshed 0 points1 point ago

Lemuria!

[–]contentsigh 0 points1 point ago

I am now trying to resist... replaying that game.....

[–]Suntjack 0 points1 point ago

Praise to FSM and his Holy Noodles for this awesomeness !

[–]Scheme84 0 points1 point ago

This MEANS something!

[–]z8jay 0 points1 point ago

Awesome pic. Nature is so beautiful. I haven't seen anything even close to this pic in real life but I hope to one day. Sunsets and strange clouds are probably the weirdest yet most tranquil things. Love it.

[–]alphalaz 0 points1 point ago

Amazing UFOs.

[–]scud_missile 0 points1 point ago

Scuds are cooler.

[–]captainproton14 0 points1 point ago

Quick get the eyedrops to biggoron before they spoil!

[–]mynameisname 0 points1 point ago

That's no cloud, that's a space station!

[–]davidg13 0 points1 point ago

Witch mountain?

[–]fujidubo 0 points1 point ago

Clouds.... yea sure, thats what they want you to think :P

[–]Gothichu 0 points1 point ago

Meanwhile, at the Legion of Doom!

[–]Ddodds 0 points1 point ago

When mountains have to double wrap it...

[–]spicedhammers 0 points1 point ago

SPACE ALIEMS!!!

[–]Rathdrummer 0 points1 point ago

Orographic Lift maufucka

[–]ArchScabby 0 points1 point ago

Those are not clouds! Those are fucking spaceships disguised as clouds!

[–]genericbeat 0 points1 point ago

you should probably leave before the fallout starts raining down.

[–]linkforever 0 points1 point ago

oh shit Volvagia's back i know those red clouds anywhere

[–]Goonie96 0 points1 point ago

It's the mothership! D:

[–]neuro-kinetics 0 points1 point ago

Those are lenticular clouds

[–]zleuth 0 points1 point ago

Here you can see the secondary vessel splitting away from the mothership before the invasion.

[–]greekpython 0 points1 point ago

those are some serious smoke signals.

[–]stratjeff 0 points1 point ago

Pretty, but deadly to pilots.

Usually represents extremely high wind/shear/turbulence.

[–]M0b1u5 0 points1 point ago

Lenticularis: "The Cap Cloud".

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

STRANGE CLOUDS STRANGE CLOUDS

[–]jesuspal 0 points1 point ago

can i get a higher res? 1080?

[–]TheBuz 0 points1 point ago

This means something.

[–]edapstah_ 0 points1 point ago

New Goa'uld motherships docking on a mountain.

[–]bean220 0 points1 point ago

Mount Rainier? Or mount doom?

[–]Brentakill 0 points1 point ago

Cloud? Or UFO? ಠ_ಠ

[–]Julayyy 0 points1 point ago

Sonic rainboom?

[–]GaryMFINGOak 0 points1 point ago

THE GATES TO OBLIVION ARE OPENING!

[–]czar_the_bizarre 0 points1 point ago

Those are some strange clouds.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

[–]jiggajake 0 points1 point ago

those arent clouds

[–]veltrop 0 points1 point ago

When we see these clouds over Mt Fuji, the folklore is that it will rain within the next day. Seems to hold true.

[–]1witty_teenager 0 points1 point ago

Giant mountain shroom!

[–]parallelpolygon 0 points1 point ago

Just to add something, this is not an uncommon sight for people who live in Mount Rainer's shadow.

[–]chalklady0 0 points1 point ago

born and raised in sumner.you're making me VERY home sick. thanks for the beauty.

[–]tysole 0 points1 point ago

[–]noface 0 points1 point ago

Do post this immediately to /r/clouds

What an amazing picture.

[–]WorldsTallestMan 0 points1 point ago

ID-4

[–]GiovannisPersian 0 points1 point ago

Those aren't clouds... those are... UFOS!

[–]LiquidSplash 0 points1 point ago

Those types of clouds are commonly mistaken for UFO's.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSJElZwEI8o

[–]rage420 0 points1 point ago

Looks like a crazy volcano eruption.

[–]pipnestella 0 points1 point ago

We're getting invaded!

[–]bstormy 0 points1 point ago

Mandatory "Aliens" reference goes here

[–]tbar4 0 points1 point ago

For those of you wondering how this is possible:

Christians- Click Here

Atheists- Click Here

[–]Choooooch 0 points1 point ago

In Japanese, these are known as 笠雲(kasagumo) or "umbrella clouds"

[–]TheGnome546 0 points1 point ago

DOUBLE UFOs! What do they MEAN?

[–]Mr_Showtime 0 points1 point ago

Pending news report about UFO.....

[–]alexv593[!] 0 points1 point ago

not clouds... NOT CLOUDS!

[–]Dynafyre 0 points1 point ago

Oh man, I knew I recognized my mountain!

I've seen Mt. Rainier do this twice IRL. It always freaked my conspiracy theorist mom the hell out.

[–]Dynafyre 0 points1 point ago

Oh man, I knew I recognized my mountain.

I've seen Mt. Rainier do this twice IRL. It always freaked my conspiracy theorist mom the hell out.

[–]genestealer1414 0 points1 point ago

Thats no cloud...

[–]wirered 0 points1 point ago

We've been compromised...

[–]Shinwaokami 0 points1 point ago

Looks like the start of Second Impact D=

[–]AdamLynch 0 points1 point ago

Sure, "Clouds".

[–]neiltc 0 points1 point ago

the aliens are landing

[–]nsk08001 0 points1 point ago

I used to live about an hour from mt rainier. I miss seeing these clouds and had forgot about them. Thanks

[–]georgedengit 0 points1 point ago

aliens

[–]phanzi 0 points1 point ago

Seems Valoo's on vacation.

[–]I0I0I0I 0 points1 point ago

Mountains come with their own weather systems.

[–]Trung_Lam 0 points1 point ago

strange clouds

[–]Sir_WigglesWorth 0 points1 point ago

And that's how the dinosaurs died.

[–]poncedeleon182 0 points1 point ago

did anyone else think of fire mountain in zelda?

[–]toucansam_ 0 points1 point ago

All I have to say is, BADASS!

[–]MysteryNipples 0 points1 point ago

those arent clouds........ we should be scared...very very scared.

[–]GrandMasterReddit 0 points1 point ago

All hail the mothership

[–]WhitePlainsNY 0 points1 point ago

Dammit! I told Larry to land his ship at another location..not the same place as Ernie's.

[–]gingerpower_95 0 points1 point ago

Soooo pretty.

[–]gelftheelf 0 points1 point ago

Is this Mt. Shashta? I used to go there every year for a while.. here is a picture I personally took myself: http://i.imgur.com/zaNUV.jpg

[–]Kamashastra 0 points1 point ago

Can we get a bigger/ high resolution picture? COME PHOTO SHOPPERS! TO WORK!

[–]Broville 0 points1 point ago

Has the atmosphere become shpongled?

[–]chevymonster 0 points1 point ago

Shift about 25 miles to the right and that would be my view of the mountain, nearly straight up the Nisqually River, which I live next to. I see these kind of clouds all the time.

[–]kwalterb 0 points1 point ago

dew point inversion is playing a role here i believe

[–]cakeluvr 0 points1 point ago

Looks like Altocumulus Lenticularis clouds above Mt. Ranier in Washington State

*source

[–]juja_is_on_top 0 points1 point ago

Just hopped in to make sure death mountain was mentioned. I approve k bye.

[–]MisterWonka 0 points1 point ago

This is Mount Rainier, in Washington. I live in the middle of Seattle, and I can see this mountain out my window while sitting at my computer browsing reddit. (Don't be too jealous, it doesn't look like that all the time)

[–]formfactor 0 points1 point ago

Interesting... I've seen similar clouds along the front range in Denver, and talked to some people who told me all about a bunch of UFO sightings in the mountains. I wonder if it's these clouds people are spotting. But they said there were cow mutilations, cotarized and all this crazy sounding stuff...

[–]palexs 0 points1 point ago

Dragon Roost Island..?

[–]Goran_ 0 points1 point ago

Lunar Cry

[–]kookiemonsta19 0 points1 point ago

mount rainier is so large it creates its own weather systems. It's a gorgeous death-trap dormant volcano to live near. <3

[–]punkrawkintrev 0 points1 point ago

Aliens

[–]VeganM3 0 points1 point ago

Lenticular clods over Mt Ranier in Washington state!

[–]rags5903 0 points1 point ago

The avatar has returned

[–]IfTheHeadFitsWearIt 0 points1 point ago

This picture is the album art for The Infamous Stringdusters' recently released Silver Sky

[–]thekind253 0 points1 point ago

I love mt. Rainier!

[–]flasfjka 0 points1 point ago

Those are actually ufos...they just want you to think they are clouds.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

It's quite simply the over mind.

[–]xXxTommy316xXx -1 points0 points ago

I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens

[–]SlapChopJutsu 0 points1 point ago

THEY'RE HERE!